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Nav Nirman Chetna Manch

Nav Nirman Chetna Manch is working with the local marginalised communities in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. NCM has organised and mobilised the local communities on the Forest Rights Act, 2006 by building awareness for demanding their rights. NCM has formed women collectives, and increased their participation in the Gram Sabhas. Women’s collectives have been crucial for taking up the issues of alcoholism, single women, gender discrimination and domestic violence. NCM has been working closely with youth on raising awareness on gender discrimination and violence against women.

Contact Details:
Address: H. N. 1104, Ward N. 10, Ambedkar Chowk Gariyaband District – Gariyaband, Chhattisgarh 493889
Tel: +91 7828625176
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Badabon Sangho

Badabon Badabon Sangho is a women’s rights and women-led organisation working in the areas of women’s rights to land, work, water-bodies, climate justice, natural resources and sexual and reproductive health. It has developed a number of tested tools and methods in order to support women migrant workers, especially their control over on resources and lands. The organisation provides capacity building support to groups and local women’s rights organisations challenging existing social, political and economic power systems that exclude, oppress and violate their human rights, and that have internal structures which reflect feminist principles.

Contact details: 
Address: Vill: Katamari, Post: Vakotmari, Upazila: Rampal, Bagerhat, Bangladesh
Tel: +88 01732 396585
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Website: badabonsangho.org

Shramajivi Mahila Samity

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Shramajivi Mahila Samity was formed in 1995 to develop a balanced and just society which provides equal opportunity to men and women.The prime aim of the organisation is to enable tribal and other women to become self-dependent in the socio-economic spheres, motivating women groups to be part of the decision-making process and ensuring participation in natural resource management and sustainable development.

SMS takes a community participation approach to combat poverty through right to food and other entitlements and livelihood development. SMS works with underprivileged women, men and children of 12 districts in the state of Jharkhand, India so they can live with dignity and have access to all the legal and constitutional rights they are entitled to. SMS' programmes include strengthening local self-governance for established good governance of marginalised community and reducing the gender gaps in society. SMS provides training and capacity building, and support to link people with the flagship government programmes both in-rural and urban marginalised men, women and children.

SMS has assisted about 2 lakhs people, including single women-headed households and different stakeholders, to become aware of different government support programmes. It has submitted more than 53,000 applications for government schemes like MNREGA job card, job claims, pension schemes, Indira/PM Awas Social security etc. out of which 32,462 applications have been sanctioned and 2,065 single women received labour cards. 16,000 families have enrolled under RSBY (health insurance) scheme.

Contact Details: 
Address: Holding no – 06, 2 Floor, Gunomoy Colony, Mango, Jamshedpur – 831012, Jharkhand, India
Tel: +91 9431304140
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Website: smsjhar.org

Pourakhi Nepal

PourakhilogoPOURAKHI Nepal works with Nepalese women migrant workers and their families to sensitise them of their rights to take informed choices in the entire cycle of migration: pre-departure, migration, employment at the country of destination, and after return to the country of origin.

POURAKHI Nepal facilitates and provides information, advice and counselling, policy advocacy, capacity building of women migrant workers and other stakeholders regarding migration and the rights of women migrant workers, entrepreneurial and psychosocial trainings to support their social and economic empowerment, and reintegration support to the potential, current and returnee women migrants. It has played an active role in making the domestic and foreign labour migration a safe, orderly, regular, and decent one through coordination and collaboration with government, non-government, and private sector stakeholders.

Contact Details: 
Address: House No-39, Chadke Marg, Ganesh Basti, Chundevi, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: + 977 984 913 5206
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Website: pourakhi.org.np

Light House

logo of lighthousebdLight House is a non-profit organisation working for the development of rural and urban poor, marginalised and high risk population, particularly the landless, homeless, sex workers, drug users, men who have sex with men, Hijra, transgender, distressed, school dropouts, child labourers, Adibashi and other disadvantaged adults and children in Bangladesh.

It was founded in 1988 following a devastating flood. Since then, the organisation has grown and has established relationships with civil society, district and upazilla level administration and local government. At present, Light House workis in 29 districts of 7 divisions of Bangladesh. The organisation promotes decentralised and sustainable facilities through increasing the capacity of marginalised communities and facilitating their access to basic health services, public health (HIV/AIDS prevention) awareness, community legal service and justice (Human rights & Good Governance), food security for poverty reduction, and disaster risk and reduction.

Contact Details:
Address: Jahurul Nagor, Bogra 5800, Bangladesh
Tel: +88 02 8836323
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Website: lighthousebd.org